We live in a time unlike any other. The spread of COVID-19 has made for a time of togetherness in separation that can’t quite be compared to much else in recorded history. As a result, musicians have begun to adapt…
Album | Patrick Ames – Liveness
Author: Jonathan Frahm
Premiere | Chance Emerson – A Different Dark
Currently attending Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, Chance Emerson got his start in Asia. Born in Taiwan to a Taiwanese mother and an American father, Emerson grew up in Hong Kong before traveling to the States and pursuing music.…
Interview | FFS 5 with Audrey and Hugh
From First Aid Kit to the Tallest Man on Earth, some of folk and Americana’s most radiant stars hail from the other side of the pond. Though now based in Nashville, rising duo Audrey and Hugh share European backgrounds that…
Premiere | Brett Altman – ‘Sweet Sweet Water’ + FFS 5
Over the past year and a half, Brett Altman has been honing in on his silky smooth folk-pop stylings. What began as wowing audiences with the tongue-in-cheek summertime love tune ‘Vacancy Signs’ in late 2018 has become an establishment. The…
Interview | FFS 5 with Jen Starsinic
From the dreamy, confessional indie rock that fills her newest release, Bad Actor, to the bluegrass and old-time roots music that soundtracked her upbringing in small-town Pennsylvania, Jen Starsinic has spent much of her 20s in a whirl of evolution.…
Interview | FFS 5 with Kellen of Troy
For Kellen of Troy, the concept of pop honors the way the world works in real-time. As this multi-talented singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist knows, creating finely crafted songs that are personal and political keeps alive a tradition that stretches from…
Interview | FFS 5 with EllaHarp
Ella Dawn Jenkins and her harp make quite the team. Ergo, EllaHarp is as fitting a name as any for the San Francisco singer-songwriter’s de facto indie folk project. Meshing elements of blues and pop into her work, Jenkins pushes…
Interview | FFS 5 with Happy Freuds
Hailing from Javea, Spain, Happy Freuds has found their footing in the realm of rock’n’roll. Garnering a superfan in the form of Spanish author and poet, Fernando Garcin, the band met Garcin during a concert a couple of years ago.…
Premiere | Julie Amici & Dean Mueller – ‘Daddy’
Julie Amici & Dean Mueller run the roots gamut on their upcoming album, I Loved You So. Nestled comfortably in the soles of old-school Americana, the kind of music that they create transports listeners into home-sewn stories of family, life,…
Interview | FFS 5 with Tai Shan
Nashville’s Tai Shan is set to release her new album Traveling Show in April. With hints of jazz in her nuanced singing and songwriting – Shan is a serious practitioner of the slightly unexpected chord change, the beguiling harmonic shift – taking the…